New Rides Wind Farm (8.8 MW)
New Rides Wind Farm is an 8.8 MW wind farm project in Swale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 December 2018; the record was last updated on 29 May 2019.
8.8 MWwind farm
operationalstatus in REPD
29 May 2019record last updated
Swalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 January 2014 | Application submitted |
| 3 February 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 25 June 2015 | Appeal lodged |
| 9 August 2017 | Planning permission granted |
| 9 August 2017 | Appeal allowed |
| 7 June 2018 | Construction started |
| 1 December 2018 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 8.8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 29 May 2019
- Operator or applicant
- Airvolution Energy
- Planning authority
- Swale
- Planning application reference
- SW/13/1571
- Appeal reference
- APP/V2255/W/15/3014371
- Turbines
- 4
- Address (REPD)
- New Rides Farm, Leysdown Road, Sheerness
- Council area (by location)
- Swale
- Time to decision
- 184 weeks
- REPD reference
- 4403
Who decides
| Applications | Swale | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Rides Farm - Photovoltaic Panels | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 0.2 |
| Old Rides solar Farm | solar farm | 8 | operational | 0.6 |
| Old Rides Farm, Leysdown Road | battery storage | 1,000 | application submitted | 1.1 |
| South Lees Farm | solar farm | 11 | operational | 4.0 |
| Land off Queenborough Road | battery storage | 40 | under construction | 6.8 |
| Cleve Hill Solar Project | solar farm | 373 | operational | 7.3 |
| Tonge Corner Farm | solar farm | 22 | operational | 7.3 |
| Plot 2B EurolinkV | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 8.6 |
| Ridham Avenue, Swale Way - Kemsley Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 249 | approved, not built | 8.8 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (51.396, 0.8632).